Does DL2 flood?

Yes — parts of the DL2 district carry real flood risk: 39 of its 112 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DL2 postcode district covers Lower Teesdale, North Richmondshire, Hurworth, Heighington & Coniscliffe, close to Low Coniscliffe, Darlington Faverdale, Stapleton, and surrounding villages in parts of Darlington and County Durham.

112 postcodes in the DL2 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 39 high, 28 medium, 44 low, 1 very low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which DL2 postcodes are at risk?

DL2 1AU up to High DL2 1DJ up to High DL2 1PE up to High DL2 1PL up to High DL2 1PR up to High DL2 1PW up to High DL2 1RJ up to High DL2 2AN up to High DL2 2BB up to High DL2 2DA up to High DL2 2DH up to High DL2 2JA up to High DL2 2NF up to High DL2 2PG up to High DL2 2QA up to High DL2 2QS up to High DL2 2QZ up to High DL2 2RA up to High DL2 2SD up to High DL2 2SE up to High DL2 2SH up to High DL2 2YB up to High DL2 3AD up to High DL2 3DR up to High DL2 3JS up to High DL2 3LH up to High DL2 3LR up to High DL2 3NR up to High DL2 3NS up to High DL2 3PH up to High DL2 3QL up to High DL2 3RR up to High DL2 3SE up to High DL2 3SG up to High DL2 3SJ up to High DL2 3SY up to High DL2 3SZ up to High DL2 3TA up to High DL2 3UP up to High DL2 1DH up to Medium DL2 1HW up to Medium DL2 1PN up to Medium DL2 1QD up to Medium DL2 1QP up to Medium DL2 2AY up to Medium DL2 2DJ up to Medium DL2 2DQ up to Medium DL2 2HZ up to Medium DL2 2LE up to Medium DL2 2QL up to Medium DL2 2SP up to Medium DL2 2SS up to Medium DL2 2SX up to Medium DL2 2SY up to Medium DL2 2SZ up to Medium DL2 2TW up to Medium DL2 3JP up to Medium DL2 3JZ up to Medium DL2 3LA up to Medium DL2 3LB up to Medium DL2 3NX up to Medium DL2 3PF up to Medium DL2 3QQ up to Medium DL2 3SL up to Medium DL2 3TX up to Medium DL2 3TY up to Medium DL2 3XA up to Medium DL2 1AX up to Low DL2 1PF up to Low DL2 1PH up to Low DL2 1QR up to Low DL2 1QT up to Low DL2 1QU up to Low DL2 1QW up to Low DL2 1QX up to Low DL2 2DG up to Low DL2 2DN up to Low DL2 2LH up to Low DL2 2SF up to Low DL2 2SG up to Low DL2 2SL up to Low DL2 2SN up to Low DL2 2SQ up to Low DL2 2SR up to Low DL2 2ST up to Low DL2 2SU up to Low DL2 2SW up to Low DL2 2TA up to Low DL2 2TB up to Low DL2 2TF up to Low DL2 2TN up to Low DL2 3AB up to Low DL2 3HA up to Low DL2 3JL up to Low DL2 3LF up to Low DL2 3LZ up to Low DL2 3NA up to Low DL2 3ND up to Low DL2 3NG up to Low DL2 3NH up to Low DL2 3NN up to Low DL2 3NP up to Low DL2 3PD up to Low DL2 3PE up to Low DL2 3PQ up to Low DL2 3QH up to Low DL2 3QW up to Low DL2 3SH up to Low DL2 3UD up to Low DL2 3UQ up to Low DL2 3XF up to Low DL2 2SJ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DL2

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

10 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (10 at warning level or above), most recently 9 February 2020. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DL1 DL3 DL4 DL5 DL6 DL7 DL8 DL9

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.